Monthly Archives: April 2007

Liverpool all but clinched a berth in the semifinals of the UEFA Champions League with a 3-0 win at PSV Tuesday in the first leg of their quarterfinal series. PSV, which upset Arsenal in the round of 16, was no contest for the visiting Reds, who scored on goals by Steven Gerrard in the 27th […]

By Mike Woitalla Senior Editor The uniform remains a red-and-white striped jersey that’s said to stir Mexican pride like the tricolor flag with the snake-chomping eagle. The players? Not so Mexican. Going into its third MLS season, Chivas USA’s key player signings are a Honduran, a Romanian, a Cuban and an Englishman. Its new head […]

Americans Jennifer Bennett, Kari Seitz and Sharon Wheeler have been nominated to serve as referees at the 2007 Women’s World Cup in China. The FIFA Referees Committee has drawn up a list of 51 women as candidates to referee at China 2007. The list is based on assessments carried out at the 2005, 2006 and […]

Bobby Smith, one of the most outstanding American players of the NASL in the 1970s, has been elected to the National Soccer Hall of Fame as a Veteran Player. He will be honored at Induction 2007 ceremonies on Aug. 26 in Oneonta, N.Y. Smith started on the 1973 NASL champion Philadelphia Atoms in his rookie […]

WEDNESDAY: UEFA Champions League Quarterfinals CHELSEA-VALENCIA (TV: ESPN Deportes, live, 2:30 pm ET; ESPN Classic, delay, 5 pm ET) Chelsea remains alive in its bid for an unprecedented quadruple — it has already won the English League Cup and is still in contention in the English Premier League, FA Cup and UEFA Champions League — […]

WEDNESDAY: UEFA Champions League Quarterfinals ROMA-MAN. UNITED (TV: ESPN2, live, 2:30 pm ET, ESPN Deportes, delay 4:45 pm ET) After knocking off five-time French champion Lyon in the round of 16, Roma heads into Wednesday’s game against Manchester United at the Olympic Stadium brimming with confidence. “United have shown they are in great form in […]

“I think progress is really clear. We are very pleased with what has happened in South Africa in the past two months.” — FIFA general secretary Urs Linsi on work that had been done in South Africa on World Cup 2010 stadiums and related buildings since the beginning of the year. His optimistic remarks came […]

With hardly any notice, a crowd of 5,000 fans turned out at the Chicago Fire’s Toyota Park Monday night to get a glimpse of Mexican forward Cuauhtemoc Blanco, who arrived in Chicago to sign with the MLS club. Blanco will become the third player to join MLS under its “designated player rule” following England’s David […]

By Ridge Mahoney Senior Editor TUESDAY: CONCACAF Champions Cup semifinals GUADALAJARA-D.C. UNITED (TV: Fox Soccer Channel, live, 9:30 pm) D.C. United is counting on a top-notch performance by its rich cast of players and a somewhat subdued one by those of CD Guadalajara Tuesday to reach the CONCACAF Champions Cup finals. The chances are slim, […]

Tim Howard had giant Norwegian John Carew‘s number, but that didn’t prevent Aston Villa from coming from behind to earn a 1-1 tie with visiting Everton and deny the Toffees three crucial points in their bid for a spot in the UEFA Cup next season. Everton went ahead on Joleon Lescott’s early header and spent […]

By Ridge Mahoney Senior Editor The strengths of D.C. United are many and all too familiar, so how can it fail to win a fifth league title? Past history tells the tale. D.C. was probably the best team in 2005 as well as last year, when it finished 15-7-10. In neither case it reached the […]

“Without doubt there’s more buzz and anticipation with this team than any other in our history. We have not yet really seen an organization quite like Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment. They are very focused, they’re very committed. They make good decisions. They put tremendous resources against this project. And that’s led to just great […]

The U.S. under-16 national team began a week-long training camp on Saturday in Sunrise, Fla. Kazbek Tambi brought 24 players into the camp as he continues to form a pool from which he will choose a team that will attempt to qualify for the 2008 U-17 Women’s World Cup, to be held late next year […]

The U.S. U-16 boys national team will play in the 35th annual Mondial Minimes hosted by tiny French club FC Montaigu. The Americans are competing in the 12-team Challenge Nations, where they face England on Wednesday and Ireland on Thursday. U.S. Under-17 assistant coach Raul Diaz Arce, the former El Salvador and MLS star, will […]